LoveSearch the Second Nov. 1999 - July 2000

Quest For Love In the Desert:

A Trip to Albequerque, a Move back to California, Three months of False Starts, and a Goodbye.

 

The Quest for love led to the middle of the desert in 2000. By Valentine's Day, supposedly, love would manifest itself in the person of Regina, the Queen. Unable to believe his dire straights on the isle of Nantucket in September of 1999, the email response to the next lovesearch, on which he embarked immediately, was quick and immediately profound. An artistic soul in Albequerque, New Mexico, was the connection Sir Michael made in November 1999. Passionate emails and the heat of anticipation burned away all traces of reality. By February the two supposed halves of eterntity would fuse.

That it didn't happen quite the way I would have written it is all the more grist for the mill of romantic intentions.

Regina is a delightful soul, and though we only sporadically seem to communicate, since she isn't hooked up to a computer night and day like I am, I am sure that our eventual parting was the best thing that could have happened to our relationship. I looked forward to our meeting, and felt genuinely touched by this extremely artistic soul. Our "relationship" lasted a mere three months, but thinking that I had learned my lesson from the Nantucket Lovesearch, I decided that in order for a real relationship to grow, I needed to bring Regina to California. Moving her 35 foot travel trailer, in which she and her dog and cat lived, seemed to be a simple thing. I didn't really forsee what emotional trapdoors I was opening by "arranging" to move Regina here. She wasn't comfortable.("You can't see the sky" she proclaimed her first night in "the city". She wasn't used to buildings blocking out nature, and this was only the first thing that disturbed her.) She couldn't get work right away, and when she did, it was for far less than she made in Albequerque. Our resources dwindled, and she wasn't happy. I honestly tried to keep it all together, continually telling her not to worry. I made a terrible mistake, and only wish we had remained connected somehow. I truly felt a connection with Regina's soul.

My poetry for Regina resides on the website I created for her. I used images of paintings she had emailed me or that were in her Yahoo briefcase folder in her profile. The images, tweaked somewhat in the Picture Publisher program, became a background for the poetry. Although the "website" Regina's Cup, has always been online, it has never been linked to, so only Regina knew it existed.I am presenting the poetry for my readers to peruse for the first time.

Each loveseach quest has spurred the imagination and the artistic talents of Sir Michael, and he really believed in the lovesearch to the desert, and that love resided there. The poetry website is the farthest one can get from the desert however. It is fashioned as a quest, and Sir Michael is the Minstrel, singing the songs to woo his one true love. As I reread these poems, I am merely saddened by the fact that because we hurled headong into a "relationship" which didn't have time to work itself out, it had to end. I am not saddened when I think of Regina. She is a great person, and a wonderful friend.

As part of the story of the LoveSearch Quests, I want to show off the "gift" of artistic expression created with the help of inspiration from the wonderful muse given to me in 2000 in the guise of Regina, one of God's more intricate and wonderful creations.

So Click Here for a trip to Regina's Castle.

 

MFN 2/3/02

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